The Vermont Rural Education Collaborative inspires school communities to LEARN, SHARE, and THRIVE.
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The Echo, Fall 2026
Educator Opportunities:
Beautiful Work with Ron Berger
September 24, 2026 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
North Country Career Center
Registration is Open!
Outdoor Education Conference and Celebration
October 15, 2026 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Craftsbury Outdoor Center
Registration is Open!
VREC Professional Learning Offerings Catalog
Check out what VREC has to offer for professional development opportunities in 2026-2027, including Communities of Practice, Podcasts, and many opportunities to earn relicensing hours.
Applications are Being Accepted for 2026-2027 VREC Mini-Grants!
Interested in learning more about VREC Student-Led Place-Based Mini-Grants, but not sure what it entails for you and your students?
To register for a Zoom link for “Introduction to Student-Led Place-Based Mini-Grants,” email John Castle:
“The VREC mini-grant process demonstrates student voice in action, naturally strengthening connections among students, between the school, and the community. This unique opportunity empowers students to envision a project and see it through from start to finish.”
Teresa Bolton, Charleston School
To find out more about the three types of VREC Mini-Grant opportunities, go to the “Mini-Grants” tab, above.
VREC Member Supervisory Unions, Supervisory Districts, and Schools
VREC serves more than 5,500 Vermont students, Pre-K to grade 12, in 49 public schools in seven supervisory unions/districts in Northeastern Vermont.
Expeditionary Field Studies
Providing middle school students with multi-day, place-based learning experiences such as hiking and backpacking the Long Trail, the Maine Appalachian Trail, and the White Mountains, and paddling the upper Connecticut River.
Explore our Programs
A.I.M.
The Aspire + Imagine + Motivate program empowers middle schoolers to explore their potential and visualize their future. By providing a clear roadmap early on, VREC ensures students enter high school with a purposeful plan toward earning valuable credentials or degrees.
Middle School Transition and Leadership
VREC partners with the Northwoods Stewardship Center annually to provide a day of self-reflection and leadership training to 8th-graders, to help prepare them for the transition to high school.
Professional Learning
VREC hosts a wide range of courses and workshops, along with several professional learning networks in support of educators across our region and beyond.
Mini-Grants
VREC provides grants to schools within our collaborative for student-led, place-based learning, community-based service learning projects, and to support diversity, equity and inclusive practices.MaKenna Kerr
Workforce Development
VREC has collaborated with the VT Agency of Education, VT Department of Labor, VTNEA, institutions of higher education and our member SU/SDs to develop pathways to teacher licensure.
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WE ARE GRATEFUL TO OUR PARTNERS!
VREC is actively developing partnerships on a local, state, and national level. Our partnerships are based on mutually developed goals and are built over time.
